{"id":31630859,"date":"2026-11-07T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/china-eastern-leap-1a-engines-101-airbus-a320neo-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:30:41","slug":"china-eastern-leap-1a-engines-101-airbus-a320neo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/china-eastern-leap-1a-engines-101-airbus-a320neo-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"China Eastern LEAP-1A Deal: Engines Picked for 101 Airbus A320neo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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On Friday, 6 November 2026, it decided what will hang under their wings: CFM International's LEAP-1A, the same engine already turning on 215 of its neos.<\/p>\r\n<p>The contract, which also covers spare engines and a long-term services agreement, was celebrated at a signing ceremony at the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Neither side disclosed its value, but GE Aerospace, CFM's American parent alongside Safran, said it signed a record of more than $12.9 billion in sales and service agreements at the expo.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:8px 0 28px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.7\"><li><strong>Customer:<\/strong> China Eastern Airlines<\/li><li><strong>Engine:<\/strong> CFM International LEAP-1A<\/li><li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> 101 Airbus A320neo family (A320neo, A321neo, A321XLR)<\/li><li><strong>Engines for the fleet:<\/strong> 202 LEAP-1A, according to a GuruFocus report<\/li><li><strong>Also included:<\/strong> Spare engines and a long-term services agreement<\/li><li><strong>Signed:<\/strong> 6 November 2026, 9th CIIE, Shanghai<\/li><li><strong>Aircraft order:<\/strong> Disclosed 25 March 2026, about $15.8 billion at list prices<\/li><li><strong>Deliveries:<\/strong> 2028 to 2032<\/li><li><strong>LEAP-1A fleet today:<\/strong> 215 A320neo and A321neo<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Choice That Was Never Really in Doubt<\/h2>\r\n<p>Every A320neo customer faces the same fork in the road: the CFM LEAP-1A or the Pratt &amp; Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan. The China Eastern LEAP-1A decision repeats the airline's earlier choice. Its entire neo fleet of 215 A320neos and A321neos already flies on CFM power.<\/p>\r\n<p>The commonality runs deeper than the Airbus fleet. China Eastern also operates Boeing 737 MAX jets with the LEAP-1B and the home-built COMAC C919 with the LEAP-1C. On top of that, more than 380 of its A320ceo and 737NG aircraft fly on the older CFM56, according to CFM.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;CFM LEAP engines are helping us build one of the most modern fleets in the industry, and we're pleased to strengthen that relationship with this latest agreement.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Xiaoqun He<\/strong> &mdash; Executive Vice President, China Eastern Airlines; CFM announcement, 6 November 2026<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A GuruFocus report carried by Yahoo Finance put the engine count at 202 LEAP-1A units, two for each of the 101 jets. The same report said China Eastern separately agreed to buy 14 additional spare engines across the LEAP-1A, LEAP-1C and CFM56-7B families.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Order Behind the Engines<\/h2>\r\n<p>The airframes were ordered on 25 March 2026, when China Eastern informed the Shanghai Stock Exchange that it was buying 101 A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR aircraft for about $15.8 billion at list prices. The airline said the jets would replace and update its existing fleet and add capacity, cutting fuel use and operating costs.<\/p>\r\n<p>Deliveries run in batches from 2028 to 2032. According to Aviacionline, the schedule starts with nine aircraft in 2028 and peaks at 30 in 2030. The new jets follow the 100 A320neos China Eastern ordered in July 2022, part of a 292-aircraft joint purchase by China's three big state-owned airlines, with deliveries from 2024 to 2027.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/china-eastern-leap-1a-engines-101-airbus-a320neo-2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two China Eastern Airbus A320 family jets parked at airport gates seen from above\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A China Eastern A320neo and A320ceo at the gate. China Eastern's A320ceo fleet flies on CFM56 engines, its neos on the LEAP-1A. Photo: Yuezhi Huang \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The A321XLR is the most intriguing part of the mix. Its extra range lets a single-aisle jet fly routes once reserved for widebodies, and for an airline based in Shanghai that opens thinner international markets without the cost of a twin-aisle. China Eastern has not said where its XLRs will fly.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Four Decades of CFM in China<\/h2>\r\n<p>The relationship is a long one. China Eastern was CFM's first customer in mainland China, CFM says, dating back to 1985, when China Eastern Yunnan took delivery of its first Boeing 737-300 powered by CFM56-3C engines.<\/p>\r\n<p>The CIIE has become a regular stage for the partnership. At last year's eighth edition, China Eastern closed a $615 million LEAP-1A agreement, Aviacionline reported. This year's deal ties the airline's narrowbody growth to CFM well into the 2030s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;With this agreement, we're building on a relationship that spans more than four decades.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Weiming Xiang<\/strong> &mdash; President, CFM Greater China; CFM announcement, 6 November 2026<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>CFM also used the occasion to talk up the LEAP's maturity. In the ten years since the engine entered service, the company says it has delivered more than 10,000 LEAPs, which have logged more than 100 million flight hours.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is now rolling out a high-pressure turbine durability kit to extend time on wing and a reverse bleed system meant to ease the maintenance burden on airlines. China Eastern's Xiaoqun He framed the deal in exactly those terms, saying an airline's success depends not only on its engines' reliability and fuel efficiency but also on reliable support and services.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 6px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRwVyCLVxjM\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin:0 0 24px;font-style:italic\">CFM International's own film on handing the first production LEAP-1A engines to Airbus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why It Matters<\/h2>\r\n<p>For GE Aerospace, the Shanghai haul was a statement. The company said its agreements at the expo exceeded $12.9 billion, its largest total there, and its shares rose about 2% in Friday morning trading, according to GuruFocus.<\/p>\r\n<p>Beyond China Eastern, the same report said GE reached supply and repair agreements with MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a joint venture of China Southern Airlines and Germany's MTU Aero Engines. The expo, in other words, was about the long tail of engine support as much as new hardware.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/china-eastern-leap-1a-engines-101-airbus-a320neo-2026-2.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a CFM LEAP-1A engine nacelle with Iberia logo under the wing of an A320neo\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A LEAP-1A26 on an Iberia A320neo at Madrid, shown here as an example of the engine type. It is not a China Eastern aircraft. Photo: Bene Riob\u00f3 \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For China Eastern, the decision keeps one engine family across almost its entire single-aisle fleet, from the C919 to the A321XLR. In airline economics, simplicity is its own kind of thrust.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources: CFM International announcement (via Aviation Jeta); Aviacionline; GuruFocus (via Yahoo Finance); Reuters; haber.aero; Aero-News Network; FlightGlobal<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>Which engines did China Eastern choose for its 101 Airbus A320neo jets?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">China Eastern Airlines chose the CFM International LEAP-1A for the 101 Airbus A320neo family aircraft it ordered in March 2026. The contract, signed on 6 November 2026 at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, also covers spare engines and a long-term services agreement. The value was not disclosed.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many LEAP-1A engines will China Eastern receive?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A GuruFocus report carried by Yahoo Finance said China Eastern plans to acquire 202 LEAP-1A engines, two for each of the 101 aircraft, plus spares. The same report said the airline separately agreed to buy 14 additional spare engines across the LEAP-1A, LEAP-1C and CFM56-7B families.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>When will China Eastern receive its new A320neo family aircraft?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">China Eastern's 101 new A320neo family aircraft will be delivered in batches between 2028 and 2032. According to Aviacionline, deliveries begin with nine aircraft in 2028 and peak at 30 in 2030. The order includes A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR models and was worth about $15.8 billion at list prices.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many LEAP-powered aircraft does China Eastern already fly?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">China Eastern already operates 215 A320neo and A321neo aircraft with LEAP-1A engines, according to CFM. It also flies Boeing 737 MAX jets with LEAP-1B engines and COMAC C919 aircraft with LEAP-1C engines, plus more than 380 A320ceo and 737NG aircraft powered by the older CFM56.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What was the alternative to the LEAP-1A for China Eastern?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The only other engine offered on the Airbus A320neo family is the Pratt &amp; Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan. 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